And We have not made their number except as a trial for those who disbelieve - that those who were given the Scripture will be convinced and those who have believed will increase in faith and those who were given the Scripture and the believers will not doubt and that those in whose hearts is hypocrisy and the disbelievers will say, "What does Allah intend by this as an example?"
Lafal Matsalan berkedudukan sebagai Haal atau kata keterangan keadaan. (Demikianlah) sebagaimana disesatkan-Nya orang yang tidak mempercayai bilangan ini, dan diberi-Nya petunjuk orang yang percaya kepada-Nya (Allah membiarkan sesat orang-orang yang dikehendaki-Nya dan memberi petunjuk kepada siapa yang dikehendaki-Nya.